Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

Father’s Day is a great day to plan a fun fundraising campaign to honor the Dads in our community. Giving your supporters a way to celebrate their Dad and give back can be a wonderful tradition to start in a community. Use hashtags, post photos, and hold contests to get people engaged with your campaign. Use social media.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Livestream the video games as a fundraiser and encourage donations from your school community throughout the event to show support for their favorite gamers. Emergency campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Note from Beth: This post was written before the New York Times article describing a misstep with the Pepsi Charity Contest. If they don't a dollar, at least the contest has helped inspire them to dip their toes in the social media waters. It’s really about having a great idea and being a good community organizer.”

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Finding Corporate Sponsorships for Your Nonprofit When seeking out a corporation to sponsor your nonprofit, you should look to smaller, local businesses that can provide community connections in addition to sponsorship funds. Consider partnerships with local businesses in your search, too.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2023

You can also leverage your nonprofit’s databases to narrow down your search during your volunteer recruitment. To make your posters extra eye-catching, consider having a poster design contest. Then, have your current volunteers hang up the fliers in places they frequent or think might be popular with your future volunteers.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

With a unique energy and do-anything attitude, she understands that a community must network and join forces to create and grow successful businesses. Types of advertising can include a combination of any of the following: Social media marketing and news feed ads Search engine marketing ads (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) With over 3.5

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They want to do good work in their communities, and often the work itself is reward enough. Not only will this help get the word out about your cause while showing volunteer appreciation, but you can also create a sense of community among your volunteers with matching shirts. The importance of volunteers Volunteers are special people.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Just search at NetSquared.org and start leveraging tech to do more good. We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Storymakers. TechSoup's annual Storymakers campaign is in full swing!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

Stand-out peer-to-peer fundraising platform features Host campaigns for multiple event types — runs, walks, rides, and more Make fundraising fun with contests, head-to-head matchups, and drawings Embed your donation pages and fundraising thermometers into your website Pricing Learn more about OneCause’s pricing plans. Seek customer support.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

Bob, a self-taught techie, went to TechSoup searching for a solution. Transforming Communities … From Outside the Office. " Most important of all is the impact that Habitat makes on families and whole communities. After: Dynamic Tools for Dynamic People. So how does all of this affect the mission? spanhidden.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you get kids in on the fundraising fun, you have a great opportunity to teach them important values like leadership, responsibility, goal-setting, team building, and community engagement. For a fun twist the kids are sure to appreciate, turn your car wash into a dog wash for the furry friends in your community! Costume contest.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To facilitate the use of that data, the city hosted a contest to motivate the development community to make use of more than 100 types of datasets it had released — everything from aerial photographs and business licenses to parking meter information, liquor license applications, and street-sweeping routes.

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See3

MAY 28, 2007

Instead, send me information on things I am interested in and allow my community to tell me about the products and causes they care about while I tell them about my own interests. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. A common form of contest among companies is the “create a commercial&# contest.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. Or the search for the perfect template. Don’t repeat the 5K just because some people in your community love it. Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork. Can we tweak it and make it better?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Earlier this month, when Instagram announced its user community had grown to more than 400 million, it reminded me that I needed to update my curated collection of Instagram for Nonprofit resources. Ten Inspiring Nonprofits (2012) on Instagram by Mashable. Your first step is listening and observing to gain some insights for your strategy.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Create an online community for your fundraisers to interact and share their ideas. The more website visitors have to search for pages, the less likely they’ll donate. Encourage them to start a team of fundraisers. Provide samples of everything.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Through social media, nonprofits can launch a movement, create buzz around a cause, and build a community. But how do you make sure that members of your community aren’t slactivists who “like” your organization but don’t do anything to help you reach your mission?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2010

I'd love it if you would share your tips for how nonprofits who want to start a blog, or who already have a blog, can create content and community that is engaging, lively, and JUICY! Your post doesn't have to be long (100-200 words). Entering a blog carnival is a great way to bring traffic to your own blog.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Then, donors can click on the items on your site, “buy them” as a gift, and have them delivered directly to the community members in need. Bring your community of peer-to-peer volunteers together to pay tribute to loved ones with a memorial fundraiser. Community classes. House parties. Memorial fundraisers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

You can search for a service event on the site, or list your own. You can also search for volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch , Idealist , Social Actions , Network for Good , 1-800 Volunteer.org , MLK.gov , servenet.org , Volunteer Solutions , and GuideStar. Below are 5 ways you can get involved: 1. If so, how?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Because data is powerful! Makes your organization more valuable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

I also searched around for some additional advice on Facebook Pages and I've summarized the key points below: Why have a Facebook Page? Mari Smith suggests these key reasons: More people can find out about your organization because your Page gets indexed and is search able inside and outside of Facebook.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The theme of this year’s contest is From the Ground Up: Using Technology to Engage Constituents and Make the World a Better Place. The finalists will be shown on www.DoGooder.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Some creative work is crowdsourced in the form of creative or design contests while others are produced by interactive agencies that gather and vet online communities of designers, artists and producers to be part of a creative development process. Did you do it in less time than any other fundraising effort?

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

It is also worth noting what your Twitter community responds to such as hashtags, using the complete spelling of certain terms versus abbreviations, calls to action, solutions, and more. Once an organization understands the process of tweeting, the work becomes building community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

The most straightforward approach to do this is to have individuals from your neighborhood go on a search for a list of clues they may download online. 15) Brand design contests. Consider a brand design contest for a more inventive competition. 26) Community business fair. 20) Book club. 27) Virtual Walks and Runs.

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See3

JULY 17, 2007

We made some terrific videos for CCAP - the Center for Community Arts Partnerships at Columbia College. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. I just love this story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

If you are starting, you need to begin by manually across multiple networks and then automate the search using a listening/analytics tool. Relationships: Defined as the number of friends or followers or community members. Relationships: Defined as the number of friends or followers or community members.

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See3

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

They are uploading their videos on other communities and places like iTunes. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Thursday, September 14, 2017.

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See3

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

The Reality-Based Community wrote an interesting post today on Farewell Mr. PresidentHere’s a quick excerpt…involvement, a new site launched where people can upload videos saying farewell to President Bush. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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See3

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

It’s a big issue of concern to the global development community. “ Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. . It also shows the cost of that food. Click here to check it out.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Create an online community for your fundraisers to interact and share their ideas. The more website visitors have to search for pages, the less likely they’ll donate. Encourage them to start a team of fundraisers. Provide samples of everything.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Write titles with phrases that people are searching for (i.e. Create a MyBlogLog community. Participate in online forums and communities. Run a contest. Blogs are a visual medium. Add your blog URL to your email signature. Tell Google you have a blog. Tell Technorati you have a blog. How to Bake a Cake). Post a list (i.e.

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

The Foundation’s “leading edge” research advances the science of water reuse and supports communities across the United States and abroad in their efforts to create new sources of high quality water through reclamation, reuse, and desalination while protecting public health and improving the environment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Link to other bloggers Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. You'll build community and provide a useful information filtering service for your readers. Engage your community and participate in other online communities Read other blogs. Keep it short.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

You will still have the YouTube watermark and still be part of the YouTube community. Once again, instead of making it easier to search videos elsewhere, Google is making it easier to host videos on YouTube. Except that the new APis allow people to upload, watch, search, and comment on the videos on other Websites. It is free.

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